Grease container



June 2, 19925 1,540,182

L. T. QUTHIER ET AL GREASE CQNTAINER Filed Sept. 14. 1922 T01/Wer 5%@ @Ma/o@ abbo'cwag the art to which it appertains to make and quickly removed after Patentedl .lune 2, 1925.`

Louis T. oUTnIEnAND EDWARD 1. MALoNE, or EUREKA, CALIFORNIA.

GREASE eoNcLAINEnh Y v a Application filed September 14, 192,2. Serial No. 588,170.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, Louis T. OUTHIER and EDWARD P. MALoNE, respectively a cti- -zen of the United Statesand a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Eureka, in the county of Humboldt, `State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Grease Containers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in use' the same. O

'Ihis invention relates to newand useful improvements in lubricants and particularly to hard oil or grease cartridges which obviate`the usual necessity of placing the oil or grease in the grease-gun by means of a paddle, or the like. g One object of the invention is to provide a .cartridge of the character named which can be easily and quickly inserted in the bar-- rel of a grease-gun, s`\as to obviate the inconvenience of getting the grease oli-the hands or clothes.

Another object is to provide a cartridge of this character which will ,be firmly held within the gun, and which can be easily and forced from the shell.

Other objects and advantageswill be ap-I- parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: f y F'gure 1 is a perspective View of a grease cartridge lmade in accordance with the invention. A Figure -2 is 'a longitudinal sectional view through a grease-gun, and the cartridge dis-l posed therein, showing the manner in Whichthe cap of the gun cooperates with the shell of the cartridgeto maintain the latter in the gun.

' Referringparticularly to thel accompanying drawing, 10 vrepresents the barrel of a grease-gun which has the discharge nozzle a 11, the screw cap 12, and the plunger 13 operable by the threaded stem 14, which is engaged through the cap 12. .Secured within thecap 12, and spaced a short distance ,l

the grease has been inwardly from the interna-l threads of the cap, is a circular Wall 15. i

The cartridge comprises a cylindrical metal shell 16 within which is placed the hard-oil or grease, plugs 17 being disposed in the opposite ends of the shellto prevent escape of the grease, and when the article is prepared for market a Wrapperor labelv is placed around the cartridge. The label,

as Well ras thev plugs, are removed from the cartridge, before insertingthe same within the barrel-of the gun. The shell 16 has its adjacent edges free and unattached as shown at- 16-, t` o permit collapse thereof when the shell is to be removed, after all of theNgrease ,has been forced therefrom. As shown in- Figure 2, the plunger moves -into the shell 16, the shell remaining in the barrel until all of the grease has been discharged therefrom.

The outer or cap engaging end of the shell is .offset to form the shoulder 18,;which rests on the end face of the-threaded end of the barrel. The portion 19, which extends beyond the shoulder, is seated between the threads of the cap andthe circular wall 15, so that when the cap is 'screwed' down tightly, afte'r having placed the cartrid e in the gun, the shell will `be rmly held rom movement in any direction.

While we have shown the shell as being vopen throughout its length, vwe may desire to close this opening by means of soldering, brazing or the like, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

What is claimed'is:

A grease cartridge' including a cylinder formed from a single length of material with the adjacent edges free and unattachcd,

one end of the cylinder being oii'set" outshoulder having a flange wardly vto form a extending beyond the shoulder. l

In testimony whereof, we ailix our signatures, in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIST. OUTHIER.- l EDWARD PaMALONE.. Witnesses:

C. M. SAVAGE, f J As. MIDDLEsWoRTH. 

